ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373333
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 April 1987 |
| Time: | 12:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | George Abner Benson |
| Registration: | N89316 |
| MSN: | 8344 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2144 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL 85-12F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Creve Coeur, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Creve Coeur, MO (1HO |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PIC WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS. PIC LANDED LONG, AND AFTER ROLLING A SHORT DISTANCE, PERCEIVED THAT THE WIND DIRECTION HAD CHANGED. THE PIC STATED THAT THIS NEW WIND DIRECTION WAS NOW MORE OF A TAILWIND. THE PIC DID NOT SELECT A GO-AROUND AND MAINTAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL UNTIL RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER INVERTED. WEATHER OBSERVATION FROM A NEARBY FSS RECORDED NO WIND CHANGENEAR THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC87LA071
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 June 1989 | N89316 | Same As Pilot | 0 | Creve Ceour, MO | |
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| 27-Mar-2024 11:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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